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Former Akron Zips center Zeke Marshall will play for the Philadelphia 76ers Orlando Summer League team, according to sources.

Marshall, who went undrafted in Thursday’s NBA draft, had hopes of being drafted Thursday but will be forced to take a more circuitous route to the league. The 7-footer will play in the 10-team league from July 7-12.

The 7-foot center had hopes of going in the second round, but despite the interest of the Portland Trailblazers – a team with three picks in the second round – San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Lakers, his name wasn’t called.

Scout.com’s Bill Greene reports that former Canton McKinley standout Se’Von Pittman, who the Ohio State University released from his scholarship earlier this year, would be attending the University of Akron.

A source with knowledge of the situation said that Pittman was close to being a member of the Akron Zips football team, a fact that would be a coup for coach Terry Bowden.

Ten programs in The University of Akron's Department of Athletics recorded a perfect Academic Progress Rate (APR) score of 1,000 for the 2011-12 academic year, with 17 of 19 teams exceeding the national multi-year average, the NCAA announced on Tuesday.

The APR rating system is a real-time measure of eligibility, retention and graduation of student-athletes. The most recent APRs are multi-year scores based on the last four reported academic years (2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12).